Electric-fixture support



p l 1929. a. J. FADELL' 1,709,614

ELECTRIC FIXTURE SUPPORT Filed Sept. 26, 1927 am e diam INVENTORATTORNEY TBS emsmmnm; bra ny; mm

i inventionire t e" toioertainnoyel iin IPIOYQIIIQIItSJhfilQC fixturesupports and t ,consistsof,thefinoye combination and $3 range entoffperts-hereinaftenset forth. t i

5 The? salient objeotj off my: invention t projidjegaafdevice of theforegoingehqr'aeten j which will include an arrangement? thatw llfacilitate the installation of the devie L oonnejctio with fyfl-lilqlhfiypegofsupporting I -Afurtherobjeotofihe lnventlongls to provide asupportforelectrio fixtureswh oh w ll Vprevent turning oftheoutletboilhetionandarrange *0?inefter describedandclaimed. derstood by "referenceto lthefuooompanying drawings, 1 showing the preferred form ofeon'structlon The invention oonsists in the novel bombi: ntg'ofpartstobehere The} invention wiulbe best 11 and in which z} 5 7 one embodimentof-myinvention as 'used in bodirnent ofiny invention illustrated inF-igV l'lookingin fro thell w d l fl '.pOS 1tlOIl S U0l1 that 1 reta-inedinthe:sl ot 15ahdsuch that the ears connection withjj' a sooalled hangerstrep Fig. 2 is a View similar r Fig. 3 is an lelevutional yiew of thefern Fig-,4 isan elevationalvieiv of thesupport mg studemployedinimyinvention;

r preferred einbodilnentflof my w. invention gis iillustrated, itnmy beseen thu tin the present" 'insttnee myfdevio'e is niountedon a hangeristrapjlO which issupported ln theusual nan-Q nerfrom the joist of estructu're. As llusj trated in" dotted lines :in t-Figr 1 :'the hanger strap101"ll a,y be substantiallyeu shaped V so desired endlit is to beunderstoodt-hat the] particular l formation' of henger strep formsno part ofmyinvention. The usual r outlet box 11 is provided} which is" adapted Ito, .be supported from theghanger strep 1 0' in the following manner. rIn Fig; 4 aQ lug 12; is illustratedLwhlch yincludes a threadedend;portion 13; andis arrangedkatthe upper end thereof; so as to providea; I shoulderj-l i f A slot 15 extends through thethreadedendportionil?) andterpminates' in -a substantially Y-shapedopening 1 I 1The pp f ide of ru p ming 16 s her 'ofinserting the air 17 whic 1 te mii herein the r .f'opposed openings 19. is theu runup over the screwthreaded jpor 10 is; illustrafced in Fig; 4a. arranged in relation, tothe strap 10 as illus= (The outlettbox 11 is adaptedito beof standdconstruction and ineludes knockeout holes The holes 17a1'e' er-4 g d 1nstandard-outlet boxes as best illusg arranged so as to" be fiat end of awidth 5-. slightlysgreeter thanthe strap lO.L:- The man- 7 plug l2overthestrapf t ."First the plug is $55}, understood in the art: to lfine-an openingswhioh are closed by plugs that j are; easily removable.

provided in the outletboxes and arranged yoke. 20fis ,pro vided aroundthe opening 18 in theinanner best il jlustratedinEig. 3 are relativelywhichf-includes a downwardly projecting tongue 21 andoutwardly-entending,a1'1ns22' d tan e etw n Then the retaining V the;tongue 21 thereof is 24und 25 ill ex t-end? through diumetricztlly Aretztining nut 26- far1n st22 and 230i 'theretoining, yoke 20 so r as toretain itinlthe desoribed position and [thus thefoutlet box 11 issecurely mounted in position and is heldagainst rotary moves gment;Therfixtu're willthenrbe mounted on the threaded end 13offthe-p1ug 12; rL

Ibis tobe" -i1nclerstood hat suitableeon; 'duits will terminate in theoutlet boxlLas j is. well understood 'in the a'rtq grind-23whichterininate inupwzirdlyextend 3mg ears] 24 and-25.1 The distancebetween the ears 24 and" 251s adapted to be equal to t 1e 'holes oiFig.Llookirig V The p1ug 12is positioned onthes r p lbr inattheright'handendithereof;

a 11:1" thel'nanner described andthen the out-let boxllismovedintoaposition such thatthe plug12- protrudes through the opening 18. H

yoke 21 is movedinto a When; the structureis used in Connection as inagconcrete building, thehanger strap "10 is" not'employed. Undertheseconditions the plug 12 is mounted injthe opening- 18 in, l such a mannerthat the shoulderl will abut the edges of "said; opening, 1 Theretaining yoke 20 is mounted in themannerjheretofore trated-in FigB."Alcentrztl'opening 18 is Other objects will"appearjhereinafter.

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